Improvement in combined bevel, square, and level



. W. P. WALTER.

Combined Bevel; Square, and Level.

No. 201,37l. Patented March 19,1878.

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WILLIAM PENN WALTER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINEDBEVEL, SQUARE, AND LEVEL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,371, dated March 19, 1878; application filed February 14, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM PENN WAL- TER, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Mechanics Tool,'which is fully set forth in the following specification and accompany-ing perspective drawing.

The object of my invention is to furnish a tool which can be used for squaring, plumbing, leveling, measuring, and beveling.

It consists of a square having longitudinal and transverse leveling-glasses in each of its lengths or legs, a beveling-blade hinged and closing in a recess of one of the lengths, measuring-rules fixed to the outer edges, and a straight-edge, which is accurately fitted to aslot made in either or both legs, and held in place by set-screws, which pass through from the side.

The legs A of the square B, have the longitudinal and transverse leveling-glasses (l D and the measuring-rules E. To the outer edge they have abevel-blade, F, which is hinged so as to close in a corresponding opening. A slot, G, is formed longitudinally in each, into which a straight-edge, H, is accurately fitted, and retained by a set-screw or plug, I, passing through from the side.

This tool can be employed for leveling, measuring, giving bevel or chamfer for any cuts, and, in combination with the straight-edge, it can be placed against any upright body, and its degree of perpendicularity shown by the level-glasses of the horizontal leg.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination,with the slotted legs A,

of the longitudinal and transverse levels 0 D, 

